I don't think it's ending due to ratings (they've been what they've been and everything is low nowadays), I think it's just the writers and actors wanted to move on. I bet contracts were expiring and they had to decide if they wanted to negotiate or just end it after this season.
It's been announced as a final season.
February 16th!
https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/temptation-island-season-3-meet-the-couples-watch-trailer/erica-washington-and-kendal-kirkland/
So question. OWN is owned by Discovery, which owns Food/Cooking. Food/Cooking is rarely premiering new cooking shows these days. Why not have these shows on the channels where they would make the most sense and get a bigger audience?
Another way to prevent this is to limit grouping the teams every episode. Back in the day the timing you got to the pit stop was crucial to your success.
I think what would fix the show is giving $10k per right answer in the head to head. This would incentivize keeping stronger players (I would've been listed if Perfect Kaya didn't get a chance to win) but also help make the absence of the f2 building round make sense.
in Andrew's case: Would you want a potential 3-0 (30k) sweep or a nail biting 5-4 (90k)?
To be fair they had to bank early cause they were never going on a decent chain. It was either bank or risk not adding any money. Also in the original the best strategy was to always get 3 correct and then bank.
